Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-18
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The graphs below show the percentage of people holding full driving licences in Great Britain by age and sex.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Full car driving licence holders: by sex and age
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The bar chart gives information about the percentages of people holding full driving licences in Great Briain by age and sex.
By having a cursory glance , it is vivid that , primarily , IN 1975/76 , around 70% of men aged 50-59 had a driving licences . The figure for men aged 30-39 and 40-49 were also high , at about 80% in comparisons. After that , only around 40% of women in these age group had a licence. After words , among people aged 70 and over the figure were much lower.
Moving further ahead , it is lucid that , firstly , by 2006 , the percentages had increased for all age groups. Furthermore , around 90% of men aged 50-59 had a licence, while the figure for women was around 80% . Along with this , the percentages of women aged group 60-69 also increased considerably ,reaching about 60% . Consequently , for resident aged 70 and over , both men and women showed a clear rise.
By giving general overview ,the percentages of driving licence holders increassed for both men and women between 1976/75 and 2006 . Whereas , men had a higher percentages than women most age group ,but the gap between similar 2006.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the main features of the bar chart regarding driving licence holders in Great Britain. However, the selection of data points is somewhat disorganised and features several factual inaccuracies or imprecise readings, such as stating that men aged 30-39 and 40-49 were at about 80% 'in comparisons' or misinterpreting proportions. Additionally, some key overarching trends are awkwardly articulated. While the overview attempts to highlight general rises and the narrowing gap between sexes, it lacks precision. The response covers parts of the task but suffers from under-developed comparisons and unclear references to specific age brackets, aligning it with Band 5.5 to 6.0 descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a concluding overview. However, the flow is heavily disrupted by poor mechanical cohesion, bizarre linking phrases ('By having a cursory glance', 'Moving further ahead'), and spacing errors (e.g., spaces before punctuation). Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal logical progression within paragraphs is faulty, making it hard to follow the comparisons smoothly. Referencing is also occasionally unclear. This demonstrates characteristics of Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student attempts some less common vocabulary items such as 'cursory glance', 'considerably', and 'residents', but these are often used unnaturally or incorrectly (e.g., 'for resident aged 70' instead of 'residents'). There are noticeable word choice and collocation errors, along with spelling issues like 'increassed' and 'Briain'. The range of vocabulary is adequate for basic description, but limitations and errors cause some distraction for the reader, placing it firmly at Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar and punctuation is weak. There are frequent punctuation errors, such as spaces preceding commas ('vivid that , primarily'). Grammatical mistakes include subject-verb agreement issues ('the figure were much lower', 'percentages of women aged group'), incorrect prepositions, and awkward phrasing. While meaning is generally understandable despite these errors, the density of grammatical slips keeps the score at Band 5.0.
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